Luke 21:37-38 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out… It will not be difficult to conceive how our Lord passed this sleepless night on the Mount of Olives. I. NIGHT FOREBODINGS OVER THE DOOM OF THE CITY WHICH HAD REJECTED HIM. Can we wonder that His thoughts that night were sad? Meet the facts fully and attentively, of — 1. Christ's grief over the apostate city. 2. Christ's grief over the doomed city. He knew the inseparable connection between sinning against Christ and impending doom. II. NIGHT REFLECTIONS UPON HIS PROPHECIES WHICH FORESHADOWED THE END. Desecration of the Holy City; slaughter and dispersion of God's people; dire international struggles; decadence of faith, etc. III. NIGHT ANTICIPATIONS OF THE CLOSING EVENTS OF HIS EARTHLY CAREER. He clearly read each incident of His nearing anguish, and He carefully confronted it all. Nothing could divert Him from His goal IV. NIGHT PREPARATION FOR THE SURRENDER TO HIS NEARING DEATH. 1. Why this readiness to meet death? He would save others; not Himself. 2. For whom this readiness to die? For false friends and hating foes. (W. H Jellie.) Parallel Verses KJV: And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. |
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